Unlike Alexis Bellino from The Real Houseives of Orange County, I’m using the term “bullying” properly.

Wentworth Miller from Prison Break has come out as gay. Photo: FOX

You know how there’s that saying about how we all put our pants on the same, one leg at a time? Well, these days, I think a lot of us get our news the same way – via Twitter. So, it is through Twitter that I noticed Prison Break was trending and went to investigate. After all, no one loves that show more than I, and a movie of the series would be gladly welcomed! (Though, yes, oddly timed.) When I read that Wentworth Miller’s costars were supportive, I thought…well, of course they’d support a movie! But it wasn’t a movie they were talking about.

As you probably have heard by now, Wentworth Miller (age 41) has now come out as a gay man.

He did this when he was invited to the St. Petersburg International Film Festival in Russia. He wrote to the festival director, as posted on the GLAAD website:

“Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes. However, as a gay man, I must decline.”

He explained:

“I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government. The situation is in no way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly.”

What does he mean?

Russa has a new anti-gay law, which was passed by Russian President Vladimir Putin . Part of the law involves Russian-born children only being allowed to be adopted by same-sex couples. The law also bans LGBT behavior or “propaganda” (such as a T-shirt) shown in public. If you do? As a criminal, you might be fined or even arrested.

But there’s always hope. Miller finished with, “Perhaps, when and if circumstances improve, I’ll be free to make a different choice.”